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Automating logic rectification by approximate SPFDs

Yang et al., 2007

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12390418200281400516
Author
Yang Y
Sinha S
Veneris A
Brayton R
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2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference

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In the digital VLSI cycle, a netlist is often modified to correct design errors, perform small specification changes or implement incremental rewiring-based optimization operations. Most existing automated logic rectification tools use a small set of predefined logic …
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